Improvement in feed-racks



the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,314, dated June 27,1876; application filed 7 April 29, 1876. g

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. HUM- PHREY,of Hiramsburg, in the county of Noble and State of Ohio, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Hay-Racks; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a transverse section ofa manger, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section of the same.

This invention has relation to feeding racks or mangers; and itconsists, mainly, in the construction and novel arrangement of theseed-saving drawer, located in the bottom of the manger, and providedwith two lateral feeding-boards, sloping toward a central grating, oneof said boards resting on ledges in the end walls of the drawer, andadapted for ready removal, and the other being secured to said endwalls, and forming a pocket into which the seed will fall when thedrawer is taken out; and the invention further consists inthe prismaticremovable binding-roller, having its bearings near the top of themanger, in which it is arranged transversely, and adapted to bind in thehay, and keep it from getting trodden under foot and wasted, ashereinafter fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the wall or bodyof a manger to which my invention has been applied.

B indicates the seed-drawer, the top of which also forms the feed-baseof the manger. This drawer is located in the bottom of the manger, andis designed to be drawn out when necessary through a side slot oropening in its wall.

The top of the drawer or feed-base consists of a central grating,whereof the bars a run longitudinally, and two lateral boards, 0 D,sloping toward the grating from each side. Of these feeding-boards, thatwhich is in the rear of the drawer is designed to be secured to itswalls, so that it forms a rigid part of the drawer, and provides apocket or receptacle, E, into which the seed will fall when the draweris removed from its seat, and inclined with its rear wall downward fortransportation or other purpose. The other board 0 is made removable,and is seated upon ledges b, which are cut with the proper inclinationin the end walls 0 of the drawer. This board is provided with a handle,d, so that it can be readily removed when it is required to empty thedrawer.

Gr indicates the binding-roller, which is located at the top of themanger, transversely over the hay. This roller is made prismatic inform, the angular edges serving to bite on the hay and keep the animalsfrom drawing it out too readily. As the hay is drawn out from'under itthe roller turns, and, presenting another edge or corner to the hay,takes a fresh purchase thereon.

The roller is provided, usually, with one journal, h, which is seated inthe rear wall of the manger, the place of the other journal beingsupplied by a removable pin, 70. The roller, therefore, can be readilyremoved when it is necessary.

\Vhen the manger is long it may be advisable to have two or more ofthese rollers properly space-d.

I am well aware that it is not new to provide a feeding-rack with aseed-receptacle in the form of a drawer below a grating on which thefeed is placed. Hence I do not claim such invention broadly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. Amanger or feed-rack, having a seedsaving drawer, B, provided with ledgesin its end walls, and a feeding-top consisting of central grate-bars a,and sloping feed-boards G D, whereofone is fixed and the otherremovable, resting on said ledges, substantially as specified. v

2. The combination, with a feed-rack or manger, of the transverseprismatic roller G, seated in bearings near the top of its wall, andadapted to bind the hay with its angular edges, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER W. HUMPHREY.

Witnesses:

PHILIP J AOKSON, BENJAMIN RENNARD.

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